July 3rd, 2010

U by Kotex
Yes, I'm linking an ad for "feminine products", but give it a shot. What I think is funny is that, while they're making fun of the way these ads are, all the clips aside from the narrator are from older Kotex campaigns. That takes guts. The second ad strikes a little wider on advertising in general, which can only make me think that there are some either ego-less or bitter copywriters and art directors out there.

June 17th, 2010

Talking Beaver on the Highway
I have no idea how a random critter on the highway turns into this video, but gotta admit it's original.

March 23rd, 2010

Old Spice - The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (updated July 3rd, 2010)
This first ad ran during the Super Bowl (I believe) and gets me every time. I found an interview with the two writers of this commercial, where they explained all the transitions (no CGI!). I can only imagine how many takes it would have taken with all the crazy transitions and having to resist cracking up over the course of a 30-second single shot. In June another ad ran which is similar but I don't find it as smooth.

February 7th, 2010

Clock Shot and Falling Shot
Two incredible basketball shots, definitely a serious element of skill but also an extreme amount of luck.

January 26th, 2010

Tickle Me Kitten
I'm ashamed of posting this video, but it compels me. I don't even know why.

December 12, 2009

Straight No Chaser - 12 Days (1998)
Straight No Chaser is an acapella group formed in 1996 by Indiana University student Dan Ponce. This is a performance from 1998 of an expanded version of the "12 Days of Christmas", placed online in 2007 and which received so many views that the group reunited and has recently completed a professional album as well as started touring nationwide.

Tim Hawkins - Cletus Take the Reel
Parody of Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel", my favorite moment is at 1:57. Someone familiar with the original might get more enjoyment from it, but it's still funny to someone ignorant like me.

Casting Crowns - Who Am I
Not the official video for the song, but rather a performance by the Oslo UPC Youth Group using blacklight and...well, just watch the video.

Impenetrable Doggie Forcefield
Behold the power of...aluminum.

Panda
Wait for it.

Stupid Terrorist
A faux-newscast interviewing an Iraqi insurrectionist who finds, in my opinion, a perfectly reasonable thing to get upset about.

Jeep Commercial With Singing Animals
Add this to the list of animal videos, even though that list is getting a little long. I like the wolf.

Bridgestone Screaming Squirrel
<sigh> Another one. I like the grasshopper.

World of Warcraft 4x4
Probably only funny if you've played the game. Note: not really an available mount.

Star Trek vs. Star Wars
Aside from a couple bleeped expletives, I find this thing hilarious.

WoW Intervention
Probably funny to anyone who's played a multiplayer online game, but some of the specific WoW references are especially funny. "I must be out of mana..." Two inappropriate jokes but no objectionable language, so just be forewarned.

June 28, 2008

The Great Office War
The epic struggle between Sales and IT degenerates into open styrofoam warfare in this video from Runawaybox. Watch closely for some hilarious details. The other videos made by this same group aren't as good, with the possible exception of the One Semester of Spanish Love Song.

April 30, 2008

UC Berkeley Video Game Half-Time Show
This is awesome, even if it's upside-down as viewed by the camera. And in case it's not clear, the references are (in order): Pong, Tetris, Mortal Kombat, Pokemon, Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario Brothers.

Why Buy Expensive Toys?
Parents should be grateful for kids this easily entertained.

Dramatic Chipmunk
Apparently an internet sensation that I am woefully-late in appreciating, the title link above is for the original clip posted online. Thanks to the freedom of easy video editing, you can also see the clip reworked to reference a silent film-era villain, Star Wars, Guitar Hero, and Michael Jackson's Thriller.

May 14, 2007

Kiwi!
This video is very cute, but also very sad.

Canon (played by funtwo)
Classical music played with rock instruments can be very cool. This guy is very talented. That makes for a cool combo.

February 25, 2007

Weird Al Yankovic's White and Nerdy
Parody of a horrible song about the joys of getting away with stuff under the nose of the police, this song is fantastic. After careful consideration, I believe there's only two references in there that I don't get. I'm not sure whether to be proud or ashamed.

September 11, 2006

How It Should Have Ended (dot com)
This site features little movies of low-to-moderate animated quality providing some insight into how certain movies should have ended (in a world lacking in drama or inevitable victory for the do-gooders). I particularly like the Superman: The Movie, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and Star Wars: A New Hope ones. The others are good, too, but don't stand out as much. (You will need the DivX codec to view these movies in their highest quality on the creators' web site. If you do not have the DivX codec, you may search for them on YouTube.)

August 20th, 2006

The Llama Song
Everybody loves llamas. A silly but oddly mesmerizing song.

GE - Singin' in the Rain
Caution, cute dancing animal ahead...

Mathematician's Love Song
Sappy or hilarious? Probably both. Bonus points for each mathematical reference you get.

Tripod's "Make You Happy Tonight"
Depending on your perspective, this song can be 1) hilarious, 2) frustrating familiar, or 3) simply a normal Tuesday.

What Every Office Needs
Seriously. I'm not kidding.

Shut Up and Dance
World of Warcraft has the best...dancing mechanics of any online game to date?

August 6th, 2006

John West Red Salmon
Sometimes the commercials are better than the show you're watching, so this advertisement inaugurates the "television commercials" category here on The Flightline. I particularly like it because it manages to have a) a surprise twist, b) a funny animal, and c) completely ridiculousness.

July 31st, 2006

SNL "More Cowbell"
This Saturday Night Live sketch is great, even though it contains the overrated Christopher Walken.

July 24th, 2006

Funny Cats
A previous "funny animals" video led to a discussion of other animal videos, so here's one with cats. (For the record, this one is good for people who find cat hijinks funny and for people who don't like cats and want to see them fall down.)

The Rookie
A dog video, this time, doing a little performance with its owner/trainer/whatever. The dog is very well-trained, but I find it more interesting how excited the dog seems to be the whole time.

Matrix Ping-Pong
Japanese people are crazy. That being said, this thing is pretty impressive. It's a clip from some Japanese talent show where I think you can do basically anything, but these guys do a ping-pong game with slow-mo action-movie effects totally live on stage.

July 11th, 2006

Einstein the Bird
I'm not usually one for cute animal tricks but...phew.

July 9th, 2006

SNL "Lazy Sunday"
If you find "Saturday Night Live" humorous, The Chronicles of Narnia interesting, or gangsta rap ridiculous...you can check this out. Gotta pay real close attention to the lyrics to get the full effect, so listen up. (This file is relatively large at 26 MB. If you have trouble viewing it directly, save it locally before playing it.)

Wassup Milk
My brother occassionally stumbles across little gems like this. I'm not sure how, as he considers web-browsing only slightly less exciting than watching paint dry. Try to ignore any disturbing overlap of children and alcohol.

June 19th, 2006

The Daily Show in Westchase
One, never let The Daily Show interview you unless you want to look stupid. Two, my brother works with several people who live in this community and they say it really is as ridiculous as portrayed here.

June 17th, 2006

Urban Ninja
This is one of those things that you have to tell your kids NEVER to do but...it's still pretty impressive. This kid has an impressive variety of environments to play in, but he's not quite as raw talented as this next guy...

Crazy Acrobat
The thing that impresses me most about this guy is that he lands like a feather EVERY TIME. Leap over a buddy? Like a feather. Triple backflip off the wall? Like a feather. It's not human, man.

Super Mario IRL
For those who may not know, "IRL" is lame netspeak for "in real life". In this case, it also means hilarious.

Evolution of Dance
Now, I'm not up on every cultural fad, but even I knew enough of these to be entertained. And the guy's a decently impressive dancer, to boot.

Robot!
This is a video of a guy doing the robot. Then another guy with no bones does it better.

The Chris Bliss Video
This is a guy with a nice juggling performance set to a Beatles song.

The Chris Bliss Diss Video
This is a professional juggler (you can tell he's a professional because he's got arms like oak trees) taking the sound track from the Bliss video and doing a five-ball version of Bliss' routine.